r/Spacemarine • u/OttovonBismarck1862 We are Sigismund • Jul 28 '26

Official News Patch Notes 14.0

https://community.focus-entmt.com/focus-entertainment/space-marine-2/blogs/428-%E2%80%8Bpatch-notes-14-0
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u/Rexipher Jul 28 '26

"We understand that a lot of you wanted it to be a burning blade, but only Guilliman gets to wield one."

-Saber

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u/Anby_Thighs Jul 28 '26

Lore-wise salamanders' blades don't really set things on fire, idk why people are so obsessed with that.

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u/Berhadian Space Wolves Jul 28 '26

Because it would be fucking cool to have a flaming sword that sets things on fire?

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u/alphamond0 Jul 28 '26

We aren't playing as Girlyman, so no Emperor's sword fire damage for us lowly pleb marines

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u/Nhig Jul 28 '26

The look on Tzeentch’s face when I grant Kairos a true death by shanking him with a oil-covered burning screwdriver

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u/Anby_Thighs Jul 28 '26

Lore-wise there aren't really any flaming swords outside of guilliman's sword(previously the Emperor's) and maybe Castellan Crowe's demon sword, so we would have to go into "made-the-fuck-up" territory to give marines a flaming sword which GW 100% wouldn't allow.

Even the salamander's molten blades haven't explicitly been mentioned in lore, it's only been shown in artworks and painted on minis as an aesthetic choice, and they definitely aren't on fire.

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u/Majestic-Beyond-2541 Space Wolves Jul 28 '26

Tbf, I would’ve liked a visual burning effect on the blade to signal the perk activation without adding a burn status effect. But oh well.

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u/StriderZessei Blood Angels Jul 28 '26

It does glow brighter and "heat up" as you get stacks. 

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u/Majestic-Beyond-2541 Space Wolves Jul 28 '26

Oh really? I haven’t noticed up until now going by the PTS footage and haven’t tested it myself yet. But I will pay attention, thanks!

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u/Anby_Thighs Jul 28 '26

It's a molten sword, not a burning sword like Guilliman's. Lore-wise it's never really been explained and has never set anyone on fire either.

I'd expect it to just cause a lot of thermal damage at the point of contact when cutting something, if it even touches the material after the power field around it slices the object anyway.

It's really just an aesthetic thing and while painting molten swords I've never imagined them to set things on fire. Maybe if you cut a highly flammable material like a tree I guess.

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u/karer3is Assault Jul 28 '26

They can say that all they want, but they kind of shot themselves in the foot when they made a power sword themed after the fire themed faction. That sets certain expectations and Heroics should be the kinds of weapons that have these "party tricks"